Reel for barbed wire



Oct. 25

H. J. PETERSON REEL FOR BARBED WIRE Filed March 22 1926 r Patented Oct. 25, 1927..

UNITE f HENRY J. rirrnnsoli, or WEBSTER orrv, 'iowaf EEL non BARBED wmn.

Application fiIed March ZZ, 1926. Serial naeaeon "It is now customary for manufacturers of barbed wire to provide reels made of wooden strips, and upon which a quantityof barbed wire iswound, and when thus wound the 5 barbs are exposednot only throughout the circumference of the barb wire on-the reel, but at the ends thereof between'the wooden strips. It is an extremely hazardous occupation to handle these wooden reels with.

" barbed wire wound thereon. The only-opportunity that a workmanhas ingrasping the reels without injury from the barbs is'by attempting to grasp the wooden strips at the ends, but inasmuch as these wooden F strips are relatively small and the barbs project toward them from both edges of everystruction, so constructed .and arrangedthat thereel withthe barbed wire thereon maybe readily and easily handled'without' danger .to the operator, and whereby the numerous injuries heretofore caused by ha-ndling barbed wire reels. are entirely ,done away with.

More specifically in this connection, however, itis my object. to provide a reel so constructed and arranged that whenitis standing upon a floor. vor thelike on one '40 end, theloperator may'readily-and easily insert his hand and arm through. thehollow core of the reel andproject'his fingers outwardly across the end of the reel, and thus readily and easily pick up and carry the reel safely and conveniently, and without gloves. I

A further object is to provide an improved protector sheet forflthe exposed outer; surface of the barbed wire reel formed of a single piece of inexpensive sheet metal, and

which may be readily, quickly and easily applied to. or detached from the reel without 7 the use of tools, and when applied will be firmly and immovably held in position for 5 shipment and handling.

My invention consists in the construction,

arrangement and combination'of theva-riou's parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set. forth, pointed out in my claims,

and illustratedin the accompanyingudraw ings, inwhich:

Figure 1 shows an end elevation of a reel for barbed wirejembodying my invention,

' parts thereof being broken away toshow' the interior construction; 1

Figure 2 shows aside elevation of same with parts broken" away to show the inte- IlOF'COIlSlJILlCblOIl. 1 I

Figure 3 shows an isometric view of the cover member before being applied; and- Figure t shows a detail, central,.longitudinal section ofthe lower portion of the reel embodying my invention, and illustrat ing amodified form. a Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I have used the reference numeraljlO to ,in-

dicate the hollow. core.

that; an operator mayreadily insert'hi's hand size and shape of this element is substantial- 1y. that of an-ordinary commercial stove" Each end member of the reel isformed o-f a single piece .of-inexpensivesheet metal-in 1;; the formof a circular disk with a {large cen- This isppreferably madeof asinglestripnof inexpensive sheet metal rolled to form-a tubeof such diameter j and armthrough it. I-The' material and the tral opening, surrounding which is an inturned flangell to enter thecore member10.

I preferably permanently connectthisfiange 11 to'the core memberilO by the well known spot welding. process. Thebody portion of the end isof disk shape and indicated, by. 'the numeral-1 2, and at the circumference thereof I have formed a rounded head: or rib. 13 ,extended outwardly, and this] rounded bead or ribmay be formed,aro indawire core 14:. This wire core 145, however, may be omitted if the sheet metal of which the end memberis formed is relatively heavy. A- length of the barbed wire is-wound around there e'l, thus formed, and this wire is indi-,

cated generally-by the numeral 15.

After the wire has been wound upon the ice reel, the protecting cylinder is applied, and

this cylinder comprises .a body portion 16 formedof inexpensive sheet metal and provided at bothof its edges with pointedpro- Y jections 17 extended at right angles to the body portion. At one end there is'formed a tongue 18, and-near the opposite end one or, 1

- 2. Then after the protecting cylinder has more slots 19 to receive the tongue. This protecting cylinder is applied to the barbed wire by rolling it around the circumference of the reel with the pointed projections 17 entering between'the inner faces of the end disks 12 and the adjacent portions of the barbed. wire, as clearly illustrated in Figure encircled the barbed wire, the tongue 18 is extended through the slot 19 and bent over, as clearly shown in Figure 2.

It frequently happens that the wire is not wound in the form of a perfect cylinder around the core 10, and that it projects at some places more than at others. This, how ever, does not interfere to any material extent with the application of' my improved outer protecting shelhbecause it does not make any difference whether theprotecting cylinder is spaced from the core'outwardly or inwardly to limited distances, because in any event the point of the projections 17 are wedged between the ends of the reel and the body of the wire, and will prevent any lateral movement of the protecting cylinder 16; Furthermore, these pointed projec- 'tions 17 when assembled will prevent any of the barbs of the wire from projecting outwardly between the cover member 16 and the adjacent end of the disk 12, and each point of the projections 17, when it is firmly wedged into position, serves as an anchoring member to prevent any displacement of the protecting member 16 that might be occasioned by rough handling of the reel.

The end disks 12 may be made of relatively light, thin and inexpensive sheet metal, because each end is reinforced by the inwardly extended flange 11 spot welded to thecore 10, and by the outwardly extended rib 13 at its circumference. This outwardly extended rib 13 performs an additional and important function in connection with my device, because when the reel is placed upon a floor or other surface, resting upon one end, the operator may readily and easily insert one hand andarm downwardly through the core 10 and project his fingers under the adjacent portion of the lower disk 12, and in this manner he may use one hand and arm for two separate reels, so that he can pick them up and .holdthem in a convenient position for carrying, and thus safely pick up and carry two reels at one time, whereas with the old form of wooden reels, it was a more difiicult and dangerous task for an operator to pick up and carry a single reel.

In themodified form illustrated in Figure 4, I have shown the disk 12 as being inclined slightly outwardly relative to a radial line.

This modified form has the advantage of giving the operator more room 1n which I to insert his hand for grasping the under surface of the reel, after he has inserted his hand downwardly through the central core. Furthermore, this modified form gives additional bracing strength to the parts without additional cost. 1

I claim as my invention:

1. An improved reel for barbed wire, comprising in combinationa central hollow core member, two disk shaped e'nd members fixed thereto and designed to receive a quantity of barbed wire wound thereon, and a protecting outer member formed of sheet metal and provided with pointed projections at its edges arranged substantially at right angles to the body portion and shaped to be wedged 7 member formed of sheet metal and having ,7

at its edges straight pointed projections designed to be wedged between the inner faces of the end disks and a quantity of barbed wire wound upon the reel, and means for ad justablyand detacha'biy connecting together the ends of said v protecting strip when wound upon the reel.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 11,1926.

HENRY J. PETERSON. 

